Abstract
Background
Avibactam (AVI) is a serine-β-lactamase inhibitor in development with aztreonam (ATM) for treatment of infections caused by drug-resistant Enterobacterales (Ent), especially carbapenem-resistant isolates co-producing serine- and metallo-β-lactamases (MBL), which are often resistant to agents from multiple drug classes. This study evaluated the in vitro activity of ATM-AVI and comparators against Ent collected globally as part of the Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS) program.
Methods
44,671 non-duplicate clinical isolates were collected in 2016-2018 in 52 countries in Europe, Asia/Pacific (excluding China and India), Middle East/Africa, and Latin America. Susceptibility testing was performed by CLSI broth microdilution and interpreted using CLSI 2020 and FDA (tigecycline) breakpoints. ATM-AVI was tested at a fixed concentration of 4 µg/mL AVI. Drug-resistant phenotypes were defined as: multidrug resistant (MDR), resistant (R) to ≥3 of 7 sentinel agents (amikacin [AMK], ATM, cefepime [FEP], colistin [CST], levofloxacin [LVX], meropenem [MEM], piperacillin-tazobactam [TZP]); extensively drug resistant (XDR), susceptible to ≤2 sentinel agents; and pandrug resistant (PDR), non-susceptible to all sentinel agents. Isolates with MEM MIC >1 µg/mL were screened for β-lactamase genes by PCR and sequencing.
Results
14.9%, 4.3%, 3.7%, 1.3%, and 0.3% of Ent collected globally were MDR, XDR, MEM-R, MBL-positive, and PDR, respectively. ATM-AVI tested with MIC90 values of 0.12 µg/mL against all Ent and 0.5 µg/mL against subsets of resistant isolates (Table). On the regional level, similar values were observed against all (MIC90, 0.12 µg/mL) and resistant isolates (MIC90, 0.25-1 µg/mL) (not shown). The tested comparators, excluding TGC, showed percentages of susceptibility < 90% against regional and global subsets of resistant isolates. 99.97% (44658 of 44671) Ent, including all MBL-positive and PDR isolates, were inhibited by ≤8 µg/mL of ATM-AVI.
Table
Conclusion
Based on MIC90 values, ATM-AVI demonstrated potent in vitro activity against resistant and MBL-positive subsets of Ent collected globally. ATM-AVI could be an effective therapy for difficult-to-treat infections caused by drug-resistant Ent.
Disclosures
Krystyna Kazmierczak, PhD, IHMA (Employee)Pfizer, Inc. (Consultant) Francis Arhin, PhD, Pfizer, Inc. (Employee) Greg Stone, PhD, AztraZeneca (Shareholder, Former Employee)Pfizer, Inc. (Employee) Daniel F. Sahm, PhD, IHMA (Employee)Pfizer, Inc. (Consultant)Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Independent Contractor)